Starting Points: Guide to Health & Medical

  Reference Books   l   Additional Material   l   Web Sites
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Reference – 1^st Floor  

Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine - R 610.3 Gal 

An overview of 1,500 common medical disorders, and conditions.   

   
Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide - R 610.3 Har

Questions to ask your doctor, first aid, alternative medicine, drug interactions & more.      

               
The Merck Manual of Health and Aging - R 610.3  Mer

A guide to the changes wrought by aging, and information for families and caretakers.  

                                                     
The Merck Manual of Medical Information - R 610.3  Mer

Used by doctors since 1899, this home edition is written for the lay reader. 

           
Directory of Physicians in the United States - R 610.92 Dir

Some 800,000 physicians covered; from the AMA.   

The Official ABMS Directory - R 610.92 Off

Some 635,700 physician profiles from the American Board of Medical Specialists.                           
                                               

Our Bodies, Ourselves - R 613.04244 Our

The classic compendium dedicated to all aspects of women’s health.  

Physicians' Desk Reference - R 615.1 PDR 

The latest and most accurate prescription drug data. 

 
The 5-Minute Herb & Dietary Supplement Consult - R 615.321 Fug

Easy-to-research comprehensive information on hundreds of herbs.    

                      
Human Diseases and Conditions - R 616.003 Hum

Presents articles dealing with all kinds of diseases and disorders. 

Finding Additional Material

Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 610 - 619
In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library catalog from the Library or from your home computer by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog.  Good subject searches are health or nutrition.

eBooks
Visit EBSCOhost to search the collection of thousands of eBooks the Library has to offer. Library card required. Contact a reference librarian for additional details.

Articles
The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

·            The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference  R 050 R
       Search for articles on a subject within any given year.

       Health & Wellness Resource Center, EBSCOhost and Infotrac Onefile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card
       number at www.wppl.org.  Search for full-text articles in these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit
       the search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.

Web Sites

Drugs.com: Fast, easy searching for up-to-date drug information on over 24,000 approved medications.                                                                
      

Dr. Koop Web Site: Contains news, health advice, product reviews, disease look-up, etc.

      
Dr. Weil Web Self Healing Site – Links: Links to integrative health sites including drweil.com. 

                  
Harvard Family Health Guide – Diagnostics: Step by step explanations for over 80 diagnostic tests.  

HerbMed: An herbal database providing “hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health.” 

                   
Intelihealth – Aetna/ Harvard Medical School: Includes Diseases and Conditions, Healthy Lifestyles, Your Health, and Look it Up and a “Drug Resource Center.” 

                             
MEDLINEplus – National Library of Science: Information on over 700 of diseases and conditions and wellness, a drug look-up, encyclopedia and more.

                             
New York Online Access to Health: Bilingual (Spanish and English,) NOAH offers data on diseases and features links to medical resources.  

              
WebMD: Comprehensive resource for health and medicine. An Independent Medical Review Board oversees the site.

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